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The Dyson Sphere Could Be The Key To Our Search For Alien Life
From Quarks to Quasars

The Dyson Sphere Could Be The Key To Our Search For Alien Life

Bonus: It could also help save the Earth.

Uh Oh: Blockchain May Not Be as Secure as We Thought
Bitcoin

Uh Oh: Blockchain May Not Be as Secure as We Thought

We may want to put the blockchain revolution on hold.

Sensors Equipped With AI Could Thwart Illegal Deforestation
Artificial Intelligence

Sensors Equipped With AI Could Thwart Illegal Deforestation

We lose forests the size of Maine every year.

biodiversity ecology
Future Society

A Timeline of Death: How Long Until We Exhaust All Our Resources?

How long do humans have left?

HQ Trivia
Future Society

Three Reasons People Are Calling Trivia App HQ the Future of TV

Is it “Jeopardy for millennials,” or just plain old Jeopardy?

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.
Pollution

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

Most pro-straw complaints really just suck.

This Military Device Uses Lasers to Scream, Flash, and Burn Clothes
Devices

This Military Device Uses Lasers to Scream, Flash, and Burn Clothes

No one likes creepy voices and bright flashing lights. That's the point.

Google Will Soon Bring a Blockchain-Like System to the Cloud
Blockchain

Google Will Soon Bring a Blockchain-Like System to the Cloud

The company is betting big on blockchain.

A Mobile Scanner Reveals Brain Activity of Patients Doing Everyday Tasks
Brain

A Mobile Scanner Reveals Brain Activity of Patients Doing Everyday Tasks

Brain imaging made easy(ish).

Using Physics, We Just Made the Ax Far More Effective
From Quarks to Quasars

Using Physics, We Just Made the Ax Far More Effective

An 8,000-year-old tool gets a science update.

Tooth-Mounted Diet Tracker Could Feed Our Unhealthy Relationship With Food
Food

Tooth-Mounted Diet Tracker Could Feed Our Unhealthy Relationship With Food

The sensor can track salt, glucose, and alcohol, so you can obsess over every bite.

How An Infamous Hydroelectric Dam Changed Earth’s Rotation
From Quarks to Quasars

How An Infamous Hydroelectric Dam Changed Earth’s Rotation

It provides clean energy, but at what cost?

The First-Ever Clear Image of An Exoplanet Candidate, And It’s 11 Quadrillion km Away
Science & Energy

The First-Ever Clear Image of An Exoplanet Candidate, And It’s 11 Quadrillion km Away

That's 11,000,000,000,000,000 km, in case you were wondering

Strange Alien Worlds: The Planet With Burning Ice
From Quarks to Quasars

Strange Alien Worlds: The Planet With Burning Ice

Welcome to the world where the ice burns.

Amazon’s Latest Patent Would Make Drones Responsive To Yelling and Arm-Flailing
Drones

Amazon’s Latest Patent Would Make Drones Responsive To Yelling and Arm-Flailing

The machines would likely respond to waving of both excitement and panic.

Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent Than Ever
Climate Change

Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent Than Ever

The number of storms doubled between 1980 and 2004.

Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video
NASA

Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video

See the Earth in an entirely new way.

Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship
Physics

Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship

Star Trek comes to life.

nuclear physics physics youtube crash course
From Quarks to Quasars

Why Physics Says You Can Never Actually Touch Anything

If you needed proof that physics is really strange...

Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed a Pedestrian (updated)
Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed a Pedestrian (updated)

It's thought to be the first time an autonomous vehicle has killed a pedestrian.